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I. I TER AT URE. DIARY OF THE TIAIES OF GE ,ti( TIIE FOURTH -2 CoMurn, Lontron, 1838. This is not so much a " Diary Illustrative of the Tim2s of George 1V.," as a collection of fashionable anecdotes and gossiping reminiscences of the EXUtttsives of his (lay. Wc gather from it little of the palities of that perivol, but much of the tone of conversation prevalent among the • higher classes, which by-the-hye is pretty nearly the same as ;t now, and ever a t iii be, nn long as England poss.esses a wealthy and luxurious aristocracy. Who the author of the Diary" may be, we know not ; but ,judging fron t tut, `rllal e,videner—for the volumes bear the stamp of authenticity should suppose that he was one who had mixed long and familiarly with the highest ranks in the kingdom and %low in the autumn of his life, had, by tray Of occupying his leisure hours, and diverting the attacks of ennui, recalled the recollections of the gay scenes in which he was once an actor, We cannot but think, however, that he is some what premature in his revelations, fur many of them have reference to people who are still living ; and wls must naturally feel annoyed at findin g themselves thus uncere moniously dragged into print. The greater portion of the Volumes is made up of anecdotes illustrative of the private character and habits of Queen Caroline, many of whose letters, Whimsical as they are in point of expression, and racy as are their descriptions of the public men of her day, tight never to have seen the light —at leststnot for some years to come, when those whom she has so freely dealt with Lave passed off the stage of life. The anecdotes of the Princess Charlotte, which are numerous, have, most of them, the recommendation of novelty, and display hor cha racter, if not in a very diffident or amiable, at least in a Very striking light. Of George the Fourth, respecting whose last moments some extraordinary revelations aro made, the author speaks in a manner any thing but favour able, though he frankly admits, what indeed all the world knows, that he had great powers.of conversation, and that his address, when he desired to make a favourable impres sion, was most fascinating. Altogether, the " Diary" is a very readable one, and will be sure to create what is called " a sensation," though there are many pages that should have been cancelled, and more than one fashionable hit of scandal that should have been curtailed of its matter of-fact minuteness. We have beard it whispered that the author is not a gentleman, but a lady,—that, in fact, it is to the pen of' Lady Charlotte Bury that we are indebted for the Diary. We must confess this fact (if fact it be) surprizes us not a little. As a specimen of the style in which the volumes are written, we quote a singular anec dote, the blanks in which the reader must fill up as he please., E. Duchess of -, was to her dying day a most fascinating 'woman, but the moral character she bore was hot tavourabie, since she Was accused of gallantries and intrigues of all descriptions. The well known story other having agreed with her friend G. Duchess of -- to exchange their children, should the offspring of the latter prove to be a girl, is the principal fault of which she stands aeCused. Perhaps, however, she veal calumniated; but certain It Is, that an eye -witness related to me a circumstance which seemed to confirm the truth of this black story. The present Duke ------ appeared for a length of time to have a strong aversion to his mother-in-law, the sometime Lady -, and one day when she hung Over him and kissed his forehead, the Duke turned away as though he bad been touched by a basilisk. But subse quently, after his repeated visits to her when she resided chiefly at Rome, his manner entirely changed, and he evinced the utmost plea. sure in her society, and the greatest affection for her person. It was Mid that this change in his feelings towards her was wrought by the buchess having declared to him the secret of his birth, and his being her own child, It is also said that this great man cannot marry. Many Are the fair and noble who have aspired to become Duchess of , yet they have all been dtsappointed. Rumour says, the Duke is only suf fered by the rightful heir to enjoy the title and estates for his lifetime, in or . .ler not to disgrace the family by a disclosure of the truth. But !eossibly the whole of these suppositions are false, and perhaps the Duke of -has never married because he would not be espoused for the sake of his great name and fortune, If, however, it is true that he holds his station on such a tenure, what afausse position! Can It have afforded him one hour's real pleasure ? This romance in real life was once dra snatized under the title of" The False Friends," and that by a friend of the - family ; yet, strange to say, the au th oress of the ph). did not incur their displea clever sure, wom an E. Duchess of --- c ompleted her reputation snider the ros E , by performi ng t h e part of ambassadress, e, from the Court of England to the Papal See. One of the occasions on which she exercised her sway over the Pope was, when the Queen Caroline (which she was then become) returned to Rome the last time, on her way back to England, The Duchess prevented his Holiness from showing her Majesty the smallest civility, and he refused her a guard of honour, or any of the honours due to her rank. It was a weak and servile trait of character in Pius VI. to allow himself to change his conduct towards the Queen, whom he had formerly received With so much courtesy ; but Cardinhl Gonzalvi it was, who probably regulated him in this, as in most other points, and he was, as is well known, subject to the Duchess of D-, who was desperately in love with the Cardinal. Whenever she saw him approach, her whole framo wa s in trepidation, and no girl of fifteen ever betrayed a more romantic passion for her lover than did this distinguished, but then antiquated lady, for the Cardinal. It is to be doubted whether he returned the tender passion, but his idea of the Duchess's consequence at the English Court induced him to se laisser aimer.' MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH HO.LT, GENERA L OF THE IRISH REBELS IN 1798. In 2 Vols. London, Henry Colburn, 1838. The manuscript of this piece of very interesting autobio graphy was placed in the hands of the Editor, Mr. F. Crofton Croker, by Sir William Betham, to whom it was given by a member of Holt's family after his decease in 1826. Its authenticity is therefore unquestionable, were it wanting, which it is not, in that internal evidence which carries the surest conviction to the mind of every reader of any real discernment. Holt was originally a respectable Protestant farmer in the county of Wicklow, who took no part in pok as , and who, up to the period when the tyranny of a neighbouring scoundrel of an Orangeman copelled h:ri to join th e re b e l s, was only distinguished for his m sober mid industrious habits. Having unfortunately given offence to a squircen, whom the Government of that day thought not unworthy to perform the functions of a magistrate , the consequence was, that t o revenge an old grudge, be was denounced as an United Irishman, and his house set in flames before he was aware that he was suspected of entertaining a thought hostile to the royal authority. Knowing that after such a mani festation of the ruthlessness of his old enemy, inno cence would be no protection, he joined the rebels, to whom his strong natural abilities soon recommended him as the most worthy to be their leader. His advancemen • • was rapid. In a few months, during which he givs proafs of great personal courage, and a sagacity that baffled al l the calculations of the King's officers, he was intrusted with the chief command, under the title of General. He appears to have been naturally as humane and generous as he was brave and fruitful in perilous expedients. He had a strong innate sense of justice ; abhorred treachery whe ther in friend or foe ; and never wantonly suffered his men to shed blood, or destroy property. He was a fatalist, and if his dreams be related rightly, we arc not astoaishad at it. Twice (lid he owe his life to przter-natural warnings in sleep, of which he tells us be knew the import the instant he awoke ; and it cannot be doubted but that had he neglected them in all human probability he could not have escaped an ignominious death. Amidst all his varied career, Holt never ceased to consider himself as an especial object of divine protection nor does it appear that he was e‘er forgetful of those religious observances which he had practised in the days of his innocence. Neverthe less his narrative is very defective, and his estimate of the abilities of the rebel chiefs proves that he could not bear to consider any man of much importance to the insurgents but himself. His over-wecning vanity peeps out in every Page, and the reflections in which he occasionally indulges Prove him utterly unacquainted with the plans and early resources of the United Irishmen. Holt surrendered to Lord Powerseourt was transported to Botany Bay distinguished himself there for good conduct, and returned to his native country, where he lived many years in the "lament of a good name. and a moderate competence. The work is carefully annotated and embellished with a Portrait of Holt, which the Editor assures as is a very faithful and striking likeness. The following extract from it is as applicable to the state of Lower Canada now as i t was to that of Ireland in 1798 : " I have already made some observations on the causes which led to th e c ruel sheddi ng o f b lood at this period. The conspiracy to overturn the government and constitution cannot be questioned, and that it was e,h.itils confined t o th e l owest orders of the people, is also true, but it not originate with them ; of the intricate manceuvres of the plan ners of th e sc h eme, who were among the higher classes of society, c all give no account. My acquaintance with rebels, and appearance t , n ' O ng the principal actors in the rebellion, was accidental; if I had not Placed exactly in the circumstances in which I stood, I should iu al 'probability have been on the other side of the question. My habits, `4 mid inclinatinns were that way ; but like many oth ers , s t range r:tt May appear, I was ' driven into rebel ion to save my lif e . N or was , Y rase one cf uneommon occurrence. Many an unfortunate man was Int to death by the yeomen, without inquiry or investi ga ti on, mere l y en jhe cr y being ra i sed against him, or the mere assertion of his enemy that I — , w as a United Irishman, and after his murder no inqui r y t oo k Ono. an, been acquainted with many instances within my own knowledge, 4 Yeoman who, when he had got on his neighbour' s h orse , an d his. ~:je s tY's cloth on his hick, proceeding to revenge any o ld gru d ge or een Y airs' W hich perhaps ' had been rankling in his vindicti ve b reas t 1.. 1 a ;;ainst an unfortunate neighbour, especially against the Rumen ; but it was not confine' to them. I have heard a man fay, i s mY time, I will have revenge and satiTaclion." The re s ult the mi serable object of his dislike was shot, and Vie murderer's - " ct ise w-s • tmurdered an United man, he had a right to that as the was min. Martial law being in force, no further impiry toot; place. s ' •-• On tick l ihe is:.'ii , 4l',opulation became alarmed, not knowing who wontd ti's iriext victim 5 the p,,r people q9ittcrl tteir and had • their nightly meztings toco!t4ult %;' , +4.t ..s oe• t to be done ; (heir alt senCZ from borne ss'as , sufficient evidence of guilt, and the) genertsl;', - to the resolution that it was better to make a common cause against their oppressors, than tq wait trs.bst wltholdt mercy at home. Thus they became feeling acutely the wrongs and oppression th” nail suffered—they grew more lik e enrage d ti gers that and woe to the unhappy yeoman who fell into their power, he was instantly put to death, often be a fool alld fiti•7hice. , l torture. The soldiers of the regn'ar great degree, from acting with the yeomanry, Met feelings, and indulged in cruelties With at. s.slesit;P:!. spirit, but generally speaking the animosity existed in the brcast of the Irish peasant in its most exaggerated i;liat4ti'l"fga l _nst the yeomanry. The murder, Os esti,' 4tit,so , orangeman or yeoman, was considered t_.! Wool a meritof ions act of justice, and that of a retC.: by the loyal party as no crime. These were grievous times, but these crimes, horrible as they were, originated in tlie infotsi tOischief Sod wickedne3s which exists in stii'M litrOfel Eacb party accused the other of ertieltr blrktrous inhumanity, and the accusation on both sides "tilts just ; each were guilty, atrociously guilty, but each justified himself with the idea that his abo - ninable arts work' 'slit the Just retalia tion of previous wrongs. Thiit hart i,ieii CoMmit a wrong, and set fire to a train of inischtiq which, when ignited, puts a wholecountry in a flames! thigery and crime. My heart sickens at the recollections of Ins unhappy period ; and I feel that I haVe tail eat lh fir Adel tiihttgb of it. I have no desire to colestf the trife,es of cittmr parry, but I think it my duty as an thinii),Alt hian, to explain the causes which led to these me_ lanch'ily results. The fol!owing is net a bad exemplification of this o•dinion :—When I wanted to recruit my forces, I would sew', A. party to bring me a gentleman's or yeoman's horse, or play some mischievous trick upon them : the invariable reoult was, that in twenty-frur hours some unfortunate man would be shot for it, and I would have plenty of recruits flocking in to my standard, who would relate that such an oc currence had haPpened, and that such a man was shot for it—the victim was generally a man of quiet and inoffensive habits. I usually replied, it served him right, why did he not join me. If he had, he would now be living."' NE W EDINBURG- h AL MAN ACK. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1838. There ie an immense mass of useful, practical knowledge. enntained in this small, handsome-looking duodecimo, which is a work that no Scottish man of business should be with out. It comprisos every thing that is most likely to be of service tohim—for we find in it, firstly, a calendar and tide table ; secondly, useful tables, and information on matters of commerce, agriculture, law, chronology, and statistics ; thirdly, a general register for the British empire ; fourthly, a national register, ci%il and ecclesiastical, for Scotland ; and lastly, a register for tho city and county of Edinburgh. The work has been most carefully got up, and is very rea sonable, in point of price. BURKE'S COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. PARTS XIV., XV. Colborn, London, 1838. This splendid and elaborate work, which is a genealo gical and heraldic history of the Commoners of the United Kingdom, who enjoy territorial possessions, or high official rank, but are uninvested with heritable ho flours, is the production of Mr. John Burke, well and fa vourably known to the public, by his dictionaries of the Peerage and Biaronetage, and also of the extinct and dormant Peerage. The work before us is compiled witl, quite as much tact and care as either of its popular pre decessors, and cannot fail to be acceptable to a large body of our British gentry, who are naturally proud of their an cestors, and anxious to have their memories refreshed on the subject of their various marriages and intermarriages We should not omit to add that the coats of arms are affixed by Mr. Burke to his genealogical account of each particular family. S 0 U THE Y' S POEMS, VOL. 3. London, Longman, 1838. This volume contains the well-known lines on " 41 - le Devil's Walk," which were for a long time attributed to the pen of Porson, but which Mr. Southey has here re claimed as his own lawful property. The volume is embel lished with two beautiful engravings —one of the lake of Keswick, and of the poet's cottage. THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEGAL GUIDE. No. 111. London, J. S. Hodgson, 1838. Were the Clergy of the Established Church but half so learned in the spirit of the Gospel as they are in the laws by which benefices may be augmented without transgres sing the Statutes against Simony, England could boast of the most religious Priesthood in the world. To the majority of the higher Clergy a Legal Guide is superfluous, inasmuch as an attorney is as necessary to a pluralist as a bell-ringer to a poor Curate, who is doomed to feed a flock and starve himself on seventy pounds a-year. But law-loving Priests, who have not a legal adviser at their elbow, will find this publication well worth their patronage. It is conducted by a Barrister, upon whose knowledge of Ecclesiastical Law and Usage it reflects great credit. DELINEATIONS, PHYSICAL, INTELLEC TUAL,'" AND MORAL. By S. BRA-ow. London, Shaw and Sons, 1838. This little work, which is written in a series of letters, intended to exemplify the philosophy of Christianity, and its adaptation to the improveable nature of the human spe cies, is dedicated to her Majesty the Queen. It is plea singly written, and a ill furnish the young with a powerful antidote against scepticism and irreligion. POPULAR TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE HUMAN .TEETIL By J. L. Mbrnrur. London, Whittaker and Co. 1838. The title of this treatise sufficiently indicates the sub ject of it. It is embellished with twelve engravings. Technical terms are avoided, but it is too long and too matter-of-fact even to be - what tha name imports—popular. MACULLOCH'S COURSE of ELEMENTARY READING, LESSONS is PROSE and VERSE, and SECOND READING BOOK. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1838. These are works designed exclusively for the use of schools ; they arc compiled by Mr. Macculloch, and would seem to have met with great success, for we per cieve that all of them have gone through four or five editions. The selections made by the compiler are creditable to his taste and judgment ; they'are from the works of the best writers in prose and verse, in the language. THE ANALYST. Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1838. There arc many able essays on literary and scientific matters in this Number ; foremost among which wc may mention the paper entitled Two Chapters illus trative of the Character and Conduct of James the First," which is the production of one ;cell versed in the period of which he treats, and the strange per sonage he pourtrays. A HISTORY 07% Bitrllsll BIRDS, Part IV. El WILLIAM rAnnmLL London, Van Voorst. The woodcut illustrations of this work arc v: ry beauti fully executed ; and judging from the merits of the parts which have already appeared, we can conscientiously re commend it to the patronage of those who devote any por tion of their time to the study of this very delightful branch of natural history. That veteran sportsman, Lord Lonsdale, follows the bounds with even youthful ardour. His Lordship has bad a constant round of visitors at Cottesmere Lodge, Oakham. TfIE PROVOST OF HAMILTON'. --A report of proceedings in the Town Council of Hamilton appears in to day's Argue : containing the record of a curious whimsy, in which the chief Magistrate of that burgh has indulged. He refuses, it seems, to authenticate by his signature a petition against a ddi t i ona l endowments, approved of by a majority of the Council. As Chairman of the Council, it was his duty to authenticate the pe ition by his signature, if r.'quired : he does not by so doing compromise his individual opinions; but, by refusing, he acts contrary'to the duty of his office. The line of policy t o b e pursued by the Council is simple : give the Provost a day or two to reflect ; if he still refuses, appoint another of their number to authenticate the petition by his signature; pass a vote of censure on the Provost. We be lieve Provost Hamilton has more sense than to allow matters to come to this extremity. He was in Paris during the Three Days (scandalous people have reported that he imbibed a com fortable portion of the rum taken by Patriot hands from the cellars of the Tuillcri , s), and that visible. lesson of the folly of a ruler who infringes the rights of the people, null guide his conduct his conduct, now th at h e i s ra i sed to b e a ru l er himself.— Glasgow Ar gus. On Wednesday last, January 10, the Reformers of Beverley celebrated the formation of their Association by a dinner at the Assembly-rooms. Thomas Sandwith, Lsq., the Mayor, in the chair. In spite of the severity of the weather 250 of the e l ectors of Beverley attended. Messrs. George Rennie and JoITIC 3 Clay, the Reform candi dates for the Borough at the recent general election, were a lso present. On this occasion highly complimentary ad dresses, and two very handsome snuff-boxes,were presented to Messrs. Rennie and Clay, from the Reformers of Beverley, as testimonials of their approbation of the exertions of those gentlemen, in the Ctlll3o, of reform an d pur i ty of election. On the following night a meeting was held at the Tmvn-ball o . ` above 800 persons. On both occasion,,, Messrs. Rennie arm Clay took an opportunity . of r ecommending temperate peti tions in favour of coneloatory measures towards the Canadians. It is more than probable that a numerously-signed petition to this effect will be presented from the Borough of Beverley. SECONI) iftilfTtli ejANADA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Brxanstone=s,quttre, Jan. 12, 1838 : Slll, sert • our Joti . nal et thb y,fr, that yott ngfee ith me, that the Canadians would have persevered nSuch longer to se• k redress of their grievances in a constitutional ^curse, b i t pjy, , L?rd Josn ; Russell's ill fitntrre et t rinp pf Coercive i.esoluctc its ; and that you earinot iseil ileny tfil2 ,:harge I make against his Lordship, that it was he who, by unconstitutional : proceedings against the C ana di ans, h a s mainly : ptorlfteo tit itt 4 k-rectioo aditlitie. , 4 by t has been by the Select Committee of the House of Com aion, and by the Commissioners sent to Canada to make heal opfir6sged them Jot - naßny inquiries there, that the French Canadians for numerous ib Ohitiett Parliatn6nt tad th 6 a h_ rn e ighd a r t to • without at any taele Y h inf e iegdr i iifi ie eet a -qd7 o l ef f nlie a t6 : l; me f. : :irficss resistance to Great Britain. It Iyas, tho,teforiii yhty, tionduCt of her ,Majesty'a Ministers awl of the House of Commons, in the tali mess -'on; ta,i so shamefully violating the constitutional ri g ht s o f their bmi .titution of 1791 that first induced the discontented Cana dians to think of armed resistance io British dtil.:Gritj r In the same article you quote from a speech of Mr. Huskis son, on the 2d of May, 1828, the following extract eattfettlptating Me nature of lite Constitution provided for the Canaries, we must always bear in mind the great and leading principle on which this country has ever acted in regard to her political relations, - both foreign and domestic—l meals the m-intenance of national honour and good faith. In this case it is necessary for us to maintain the good.filith of the engage ments entered into by this country with the French Settlers, who constituted the original populatio n of those colonies. By the Constitution given to the Canadas in 17101, the Legislature of England reserved to itself the liberty to alter, vary, and amend the Government of those t . olonies as it may thinh proper." Mr. Labouchere has informed yoU that it was the intention of the British Legislature to give to tlie French poptilatiO n thepoii tical power both in the Legislative Assembly, and in the House of Assembly. The Canadians complain that the British Government have never fulfilled the engagements made with them ix 1790; that the British Government have always maintained in the Legislative Council a British party instead of a French party influence, which has consequently always been at variance with the House of Assembly in which the French influence has prevailed, and that influence has prevented that harmony in the Legislature which the welfare of the people and the pro sperity of the Province required. The influence of the House of Assembly has always been that of the great mass of the people which it represented, and of two third; at the least, of the landholders and proprietors of the colony; and the measures of the House of Assembly have been directed to promote the general interest of-the people; whilst the in fluence of the Members of the Legislative Assembly has, on the contrary, always been that of a few British office-holders and half-pay British officers, who had little or no stake or in terest in the prosperity of the province, but who had an inte rest in maintaining a system which increased offices, and kept up large salaries for themselves and dependents at the expense of the people and against the best interests of the province. The Canadians have long complained of that state of power in the province, and I have in my place in Parliament re echoed that complaint. The British Legislature had the power (as Mr. Huskisson has stated) of altering and amending the Constitution of 1791 as it might think proper for the interests of the colony and of the Crown ; and the British Ministers have been culpable in not proposing the alterations in that Constitution which were necessary to make the Legis lative Council act in harmony with the House of Assembly; and thereby prevent the discontent and misrule which has continued for so many years in that province, and which has :,ow broken oat in open armed resistance to British authority. I allege that no valid excuse can be assigned by any Ministers for these twenty years past for not fulfilling the engagements made by Britain in 1791 with the French Canadians ; and her Majesty's present Ministers appear to me to be specially cul pable for the gross neglect they have shown to the complaints of the Canadians, when brought before them by Commissioners sent out by Lord Melbourne to Lower Canada, expressly to ascertain, and to report th e actua l state of the gr i evances o f that people. The p erusa l o f t h e R eports laid on t h e ta bl e o f the House of Commons l as t y ear , f rom that Comm i ss i on , w ill show that the Legisl a ti v e an d E xecut i ve C ounc il s were th en , as heretofore, the chief causes of the excitement and discon tent in that province. It was generally expected that a great charge would be made in the formation of the Legislative Council, to meet the views of the Canadians; and Sir Charles Gray, ono of the Commissioners, gave it as his deliberate opinion, after a year's residence in the country, that it would not be wise for the Imperial Parliament to interfere, unless it was prepared to make a comprehensive and permanent altera tion. This view will appear sufficiently clear by ode para graph of his Minute, recorded in the Papers on the table of the House of Commons : " I .should regard it in present circumstances as a wise resolution to make either no application at all to the Im !Jovial Parliament, or onefo; a comprehensive and pc/mane:it ad justment. At the same time, lam obliged to say that I bare no hope of the troubles of the Province, as it is at present constituted, being settled by the existing Canadian Legis lature." Lord John Russell caled upon the Imperial Parliament to interfere, and by resolutions, carried by 318 to 56, violated the most valued Constitutional rights of a Representative Go , vernment—the robbing of the Exchequer —and his,,Lordship Id so without stating, at the time, either to Parliament or to the public, what measures he intended fbr the permanent adjustment of the dissensions existing in the Colony. _ His supporters gave him and his colleagues their confidence that, after obtaining these extraordinary powers, they would be pre pared to redress the complaints of the Canadians ; and his Lordship had the mature opinion of Sir Charles Gray to warn him against the British Parliament interfering in the Affairs of the Legislature of Canada, unless on a comprehen sive and iffieient scale, by which he might hope to settle the wide-spread irritation and discontent. He was told by myself and others at tine time, when the House agreed to these ill starred Resolutions, that he would only aggravate, by these proceedings, the dissatisfaction, unless he was prepared by conciliation to grant redress of their just demands. The Minis ters, supported by a large majority of the Parliament, per severed in violating the Constitutional rights of the Canadian Legislature, adding, as I hare repeatedly said, insult to the properly sl id t h at what they in j T u e befo re Chronicle inflicted. asl,ery "con sider of more importance is, a frank declaration on the part qf the British Government and of Parliament, of Me plans to be adopted after the Rebellion shell be suppressed. If Lower Canada is to he reconquered, and held by a superior force of British soldiers, then we really should consider the ob ,ject unworthy of the expense." I was very anxious to know what measureshad been adopted by Ministers to conciliate the Canadians, after Parliament had agreed to the ill-starred resolutions. It w ill ppenr by the Correspondence of Lord Glenelg and Earl Gosford, that the most drivelling and inefficient proceedings that were ever adopted on an occasion of such importance as that of peace or war in Canada hare been carried on. I had expected to learn that her Majesty's Ministers, had at the time of forwarding those Coercive Resclutions, directed measures to be immediately adopted for securing to the Legis lative Council a greater degree of public confidence, and 'o improve the composition of the Executive Council, by reforms, to which Parliament were pledged, and which were essential to prevent the increased excitement that might reasonably be expected, on the publication of the naked Resolutions, if unat tended with any conciliatory plans. The public will be greatly disappointed, when they learn that no such conciliatorymeasures were directed or adopted. A copy of the Coercive Resolutions was sent by Lord Glenelg to Earl Gosford, written on the 11th of March, Atith a hope expressed, that tie almost unanimous decision of the House of Commons might have a s tiutary effect on the province; but nothing whatever in the way of reform or concession appears to have been done by her Majesty's Ministers or by Earl Gesford, to secure a greater degree of confidence in the Canadians, fur the Legislative or Executive Councils, until October, when, at last, orders arrived, and ten new members were added to the Legislative Council, and three to the Executive. For upwards of six months, from April to October, the public mind of Lower Canada was allowed to be agitated at the violation of their constitutional rights, under the sanction of the Imperial Parliament. Public meetings, numerously attended, took place, and resolutions cx pressing, in as strong language as could be penned, the indig nation and disappointment which the receipt of these resolutions had produced. The House of Assembly were called together to grant supplies for the arrears of former years, and the resolu., lions of the Imperial P a rliament were a t th e same ti me su bmitted ie to them, with an assurance that if th e y did n ot Tote the supplies required by P a rli amen t. th a t hi s L or d s hip N woul d be w undo; the disagreeable necessity of e x e rcising the power . hid obtained, and pay the arrears of the public servants en 11• out the sanction of the House of Assembly. No concessio , whatever to the dem a nds o f th e C ana di ans wa s made at the time their constitutional rights were violated, and nothing but a vague promi se wa s held out of alterations intended_to made in the composition of th e E xecu ti ve an d Legisielfre be Councils. Th e C ana di ans h a d b een prom i se d , a f ter the _u.c t Com mittee in 1828, th at t h e compos i t i on of those C ounc ils should be alter e d, so as to ma k e t h em work in harmony with I House of A ssem bl y ; b ut t h ese promises had never b ee n ful filled, and the House of Assembly positively refused to "te the Lord suppli es requ i re d, or trust coy more to promises. Gosford di recte d bill s to b e drawn on England Lr money from ' the British Treasury, to pay the arrears stated in the Bth 11- solution, but took no measures to fulfil the pledges givct! in the 4th mid sth R eso l ut i ons, to place the Legislative Council' more in th e con fid ence of the people. The coer c i ve R esolutions, therefore, by the Mi n ister:: not fulfillin g t h e p l edges of the Impel-L:1 Parliament, as expres se d i n t h e 4 th and sth Resolutions, tended not only to i ncrease t h e i nd i gnation of the already d i scos tented, but a l so to i rr i tate those who had reprelrnded the conduct of th e H ouse o f Assembly fur refusine suPP li e' Lord G os f or d i n a d espatch to ' Lord Glenerg, of tli 25th of May last, says :—" I must, however, here observe that the feeling against the Imperial Parliament, authorizing the taking of the money out of the chest, is very strong, slid even those who repudiate the withholding of the supplies by tit' Assembly cannot refrain front an expression of disaiTro bation at this part of Lord John Russell's resolutio"." His Lordship has also sent to Lord Gleneig a copy of a lle solution agreed to at a meeting of French Canadians, which," expresses that the recent appointments to the Legis lative Council would not be satisfaetory to the people; but, on th, contrary, that they considered the Council more hosile to the rights and liberties of the Province than the former Coun cil had been, and that they were not deserving of public con fidenee—that they regarded the reformed Executive Counei; with contempt, as many of the Members had no propertY, nl any interest whatever in the R - ovince, and would give the same opposition to the people of the province as the former Council had done. I submit, after this statement of the prOCeeciirgs of the Go TiIE SU fir, LONDON, 'MI:MA Y, JANUARY 16, 1838. il4nment; s:inCe the passing of the ill-starred resolutions, that I am warranted in stating that her Majesty's Ministers are mainly answerable for having excited and hasieried the lament ahle prodeedinus which have taken place in Carnda ; and that they ;ire briund by every means in their power to put en end to lie warfare that has taken place, tind, by eonciliitidn i to re store peace t ,- ) the Canadians by every means in their por;cr. I remain, ycur obedient servant, JQSEPII FIUME. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENijt. -• Ox bqing the first day of Hilary or Lent Term a congregation Wit f , , , r granting degrees, &c . when the followin g were con f erre d . Mt.:TA , lf.t , or Aars.—John J ose ph P ratt, Fellow of St. :folio', College Charles Hew, ditto ; Rev. Henry Fleming, gittoi Fior: Henej , J. P. Cote, ileory Gough, Queen's College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. -FAVrgilltip Rowden, Fellow of 7 4evr C9llege; Thomas Ward, New Inn Hall, The B;iiii.7p Oloueester and Bristol has collated the Rey, J. R. Port, of Brazennatiti culLge. to the Perpetual Curacy i 4 Oxenton, Gloucestershire. Th e iiish6p Of Bath and Wells has appointed the B. Whitehead, of Worcester College, Prebendary of `Veils end Vicar of Chard, to be Rural Dean of Crewkerne. The key. A. O. S. Shirley, of Christ Church, hea been instituted, on the presetifatitly of the Earl of Ilchester, to tilt Vicarage of Stinsford, Dorset. The following days have been appointed for iio!thils Con. :rogations for conferring Degrees and granting Graces du, ring the present Term, • Wednesday, Jan. 24; Thurgdtty, reb: 1,8, ID, U• ; ?burs, dny, March 8, 15, 29; Saturday, April 1. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SIR E SUGDEN'S SEAT, 1.11-A-Mu---D-ITT-ON-: At an early hour yesterday morning the retirecl erntlge of Thames-Ditton, in Surrey, was in a mate of considerable con fusion and excitement in consequence of en alarming fire breaking out at the seat of Sir E. Sugdcn. It app6ars from inf xmation obtained from a highly respectable and authentic source, that between four and five o'clock yesterday morning a private watchman named Miles, attached to the est,iblishinent of Sir Edward, discovered a vast quantity of smoke issuing from the north aide of the mansion betiveen the conservatory and the suite of dining-rooms ; he gave an instant diarm, when Sir Edward, his family, and domestics were quickly apprised of the imminent peril that awaited them, and the most active measures were adopted to stop the progress of the fire, which by this time had gained considerable ascendancy id the con servatory, where it was evident it had broken out. Shortly after the first alarm was given by the watchman, the inhabitants, to the amount of some hundreds, repaired to to spot, anxious to give all the assistance in their poiCet., horse express was sent off to Kingston for the engines ; in the mean time those assembled, under the orders of Sir Edward and a number of gentry in the village, were engaged in removing the furniture and valuables from the house. A small engine, kept in the grounds, and used for the purpose of watering the shrubs and plants, was put into requisition, and had the effect, in a great measure, of allaying the fury of the flames; in addition to which, a great number of the inha bitants were actively employed in fetching bueketa of water from a pond in a meadow adjacent to the premises. In about half an hour after the fire was discovered the whole of the conservatory was destroyed, and the flames were raging in the drawing_room. Not only was the furniture in this apartment consumed, but what is more to be lamented, a choice collection of valuable paintings shared the same fate. By the continued and praiseworthy exertions of the inhabit ants, aided by the example of Sir Edvvard and his friends, the flames did not extend beyond the drawing-room. Imme diately after the fire was got under the engines from Kingston, Ewell, and other places arrived. Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, Mr. Harry Self, and other respectable individuals, accompanied th e eng i nes. I t h as b een satisfactorily ascer tained that the fire originated in the Conservatory, in conse buence of overheating the pipes. FIRE AT ST. PETERSBURG. DESTRUCTION OF THE WINTER PALACE. ST. PETERSBUROII, DEC. 30.--The imperial winter palace, the residence of our sovereigns, which was built by Count Rastrelli, at the beginning of the reign of the Empress Eliza beth, and consequently nearly a century old, has been destroyed by a fire which broke out suddenly in the interior of the buiiding at a late hour last night, and spread with such rapidity and fury that it defeated all our efforts made to arrest its progress, which were directed by his imperial Majesty in person, but were extremely difficult from the severe cold, the thermometer being at 22 degrees by Reaumur's thermometer below the freezing point (nearly 30 degrees below freezing point, or 28 degrees below zero of Farenheit.) It has not yet been possible to ascertain the original cause of this cala mity which has befallen our beloved Monarch just on his re turn from a long . and fatiguing j ourney to t hi s resilience of his ancestors. The fire is still burning, and at the moment of my writing, that part of the palace is in flames which con tains the apartments of the Emperor, the Empress, and his august family, which is opposite the Admiralty and the boule vards. Immediately on the breaking out of the fire the impe rial family retired to the palace of her imperial Majesty. The imperial hermitage, that repositary of the rarest and most costly treasures of art, the loss of which would be irre parable, is, at present, wholly untouched, and it is hoped, with the Divine assistance, that it will be preserved, and, perhaps, also the side next to the million. For this week past the winter has been very severs, the cold has been 42 degrees Reaumur, but the communication with the interior is very difficult for want of snow. His Majesty the Emperor of Russia has promoted seven rear-admirals to the rank of vice -admirals, and five captains of the first class to that of rear-admirals. The journals of to-day give no accounts of the fire at the Imperial winter palace. THE BANK OF IRELAND-THE CHARTER. As the re-assembling of the Houses approach, the public anxiety increases, to ascertain how the, Reform Ministers will deal with this question. This charter, giving exclusive, and indeed regal power to fifteen irresponsible persons, was one of those Tory jobs of the dark ages that could not, even amongst the Tories of the present day, find sympathy or defenders—at least we think not, taking our impressions from their repeated declarations of readiness to correct " proved abuses." We have over and over again demonstrated this Bank to be the greatest job of modern times. We have proved that it i 3 no bank, as far as commerce and Irish trade are concerned—in fact, nothing better than a huge Savings' Bank. We have exhibited in figures, from its own returns, that it holds eleven millions of sterling money, of which immense sum seven mil lions belong to the people of Ireland, in the shape of deposits and circulation, fur which this Bank Corporation gives not one shilling of interest. We have proved also, from its own ab stracts, that -it locks'up uselessly, as respects commerce, in the funds, eight millions and a half of three vast and natural re sources of Ireland, and that for trading purposes but two and oae half millions of the funds placed at its disposal are per mitted to flow in the channels of trade over the face of the whole country—that in Dublin, the centre, at least the natural centre, of Irish trade, but 5.0,000/. a week in " bills and ! o wns" are disc oun t e d f or t h e public, of which nearly the half are required by the fifteen Directors themselves, most of whstm arc traders of the largest class, requiring hundreds of thou sands each to carry on their immense operations—that the ex clusive charter, which existed for half a century and expired on the first of this present month, prohibited all associations of merchants consisting of more than six persons from embarking in the trade or business of banking, unless in a contraband , m ,f a d n e n t e ,t r —that the common l aw o f recovery as in the case of the Royal B a oh. for iostance. Yes, in -teed, you raay borrow from such .a bank, composed as it is of the most respectable individuals, and you may refuse payment of the debt, for it is the "law." Gracious Heaven ! do we live again its the days of the penal laws, when the son could rob the father by " law," and th Protestant debtor refused " by law" his just debt to hist Ca tholic creditor ? Are we, indeed, living in the ninete. nth century, and in the fifth year of a Reform Minis:ry, and does Lord Mulgrave still inherit Dublin Castle, and More OTerrall the Treasury Chamber of Whitehall? Even so it is. We are w r iti ng a sa d reality —we are recording in. credible things against this monstrous nuis ince, and yet wts are permitted by our brethren of the broad sheet to stand alone, with the exception of the Register, which copies our articles. Ali !. gold, gold, thou art a sovereign master. Here we alone stand at the press, tile organ of that op pressed and over-charged public, waging war against this collosus of abuse; and thought we have proved that it is the greatest enemy of commerce, inasmuch as it prevents by its exclusive charter the establishment of other Compauh-s, which would, as in Scotland, give security and permanence to the currency, while they stimulated and sustained national W en terprise an d undertakings. While we have proved that it is the grossest of jobs, costing the nation for the last twenty yea.s. 36 T , 0 1 0 10 0 1 1 1 . g a h -3:a r for interest on a loan." More than the said loan could be borrowed for by the Finance Minister of the day t a o nY t the satisfaction that i l s v f i a t c he t i i n o h i a t our remarks, yet, we are paying them four and a half per cent., for three millions Irish, when, in fact, it could be borrowed at three. period in the London market ; and that ore, s p s o . ( e ),f.v p ,s‘ r r u o feu s h t l e d (2: fn a d l t l le t ex h t e ep s tu e , db t el l id t c h s g a s s t , hhe a a n ,i,n t e l fl I n ine t o u nt c .,i.t h e7 od m i. o vast corporation, that our contemporaries at the press, with the exception of the Register, fly from the contest, and leave us alone Cs fight the nionster. Oh !we are sick of your canting, your mock liberal writers. When the hour for exertion arrive s ol hark h ow t h ey hide their tiny lights under bushels. No mutts r —be th e g l ory all our own as the danger--this citadel of luooo - fall, and we shall have the satisfac tion The banquet and other pressing matter to- night forb:ds us space—but all in good time.— The Pilot. The new year festivities at Dupliu Cnbtle, the seat of the Earl of Kinnotil, in Perthshire, have been overcast with 4loom by the death of Lady Rowley, wife of Admiral Si:- Charles Rowley, Bart., mother of the Countess, who expired in Manchester square, after a severe 'linen ; Lady Rowley :urrovoke, Esq., o youngesti‘•edher fiev \l Ha (laughter, Cheshiregfhter ,thela . dy of Peter Langford . • , Lord King has been distributing his bounty to tie poorer daises on his extensive estates in Surrey. His Lore ,hip employs the whole' of the labouring classes in the vicinity )f Oakharn in improving his park, and has distributed to ezn - h man warm clothing, and 200 stone of beef among the nrecs sitous poor of the parish. LA W INTELLIGE,N CE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MONDAY, JAN. 15. wtt.l(l,4sos V. nsuwoon. In this case a commission of lunacy had been issued on the petition of the father of the alleged lunatic, a Miss Wilkinson, of Sudbury, but in consequence of certa'n proceedings taken by a perOoll named Goodhay, the commission was not worked, and on the motiOn being argued before the holidays, permission wls given to Goodhay, friend of the lady, to file a sill fer the purpose of placing her under the protection of the hut!: In the interim the Lord Chneellor had, by a personal intervievi"; rts9ertained that Miss Wilkinson, although of very weak intellect, was, tt79rtheless, not of unsound mind. Apetition was now presented by Mr, Goodhay, praying a rcter4tteß to, the Master to appoint proper persons as guardians of MisslkinaVit s , snd also to take an account of the property left by her grandmotileil i Abel now amounting, as alleged by thei.etitiou, to the sum of 5,0V1, And upwards. ANDERTON supported the petition. Mr. CRAW, vrt the part of the executors, took an objection to the Bill. Mr: WALKER, for the fatiree a Miss Wilkinson, submitted to the judgment of the Court. The LORD CHANCtLtPa would make the 114ttal (ACT of re ference to the Master to appoint a guardian to take on account of her property, and to state the sum fitting to be allowed for maintenance. flit Lordship also allowed the father of Miss Wilkinson to go laeforc the Master and propose himself as guardian, if he thought proper to undertake that duty. TANILYN V. REYNOLDS. Mr. TRESLOVE appeared in this matter in support of an ap peal from an order of Lord Brougham, dismissing the plain tiff's petition with costs. The defendants had been suing in forma pauperis since 1825, and paupers were not liable to costs. Of that part of the order, therefore, the present pe tition complained, because it was tantamount to an order for perpetual imprisonment. SYENCE appeared for the trustees of the fund claimed by the plain:Yr. That. fund amounted to 1,2001., and the share Of the plaintiff, if !'rd established his,claim, would be a twen tieth pail of the sum. The LORD CiLINCRLLOR would into the precedents, and authorities before he disposed of the praflit petition. VICE-CHANCELLOR' S 'COURT, MONDAY. JONES V. ROBERTS. Thls WAS a petition to tax an agent's bill. The argument, which occupied part of Saturday and was concluded to-day, was principally directed to the question whether the Court had rower to order the talation of an agent's bill. The plaintiff employed a solicitor in London. The defendant re sided in Wales, and the plaintiff's solicitor employed a solicitor in that country to conduct the proceedings there. The suit ended In a compromise, by which the solicitor in Wales re ceived a sum of money for the plaintiff He then furnished his bill for full costs, to the amount of 731. to the London so licitor, and also transmitted the money, after deducting 701. towarda his bill of costs. Under these circumstances this pe tition was presented by the plaintiff, and served upon the soli tor in Wales, praying a taxation of his bill of costs, and offering to bring into Court the balance between the sum re tained and the full amount of the bill. Mr. KNIGHT Mixer. appeared in support of the petition. Mr. JACOB opposed its prayer on the part of the Welch so [icitor. His HONOUR granted the prayer of the petition, except as to the trifling balance, which his Honour thought it was not worth while to bring into Court. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JAN. 15. RAWLINS V. VEI`DORODGII. Mr. Sergeant WILDE appeared to move for a rule to show cause why the verdict given for the plaintiff in this case should ' net I , e set aside, and a new trial gr.:listed. He first applied on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The Court said that the rule might be granted on this point, but that it must he suspended till another cause arising out of the same policy, and now depending in another Court, had been tried. Mr. Sergeant WILDE then applied upon the ground that the statements made to Mr Travers to the Economic, and commu nicated by that. office to Mr. Smith, the actuary of the Eagle, ought to have been communicated by the Eagle to the Atlas. The Court took time to consider the question. DUNCOMBE, F.SQ., M.C., V. DANIEL, ESQ. Sir W. FOLLETT moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict given in this case for the plaintiff should not be set aside and a new trial granted; first, on the ground of misdi rection ; secondly, on that of the rejection of evidence ; and thirdly, that the damages were excessive. Lord DENMAN said that the Court was of opinion that the rule must be granted on the question of the rejection of evi dence, and on the question of the evidence received satisfying one of the pleas.—Mule granted accordingly. BAIL COURT, JA.v. 15. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied to the Court for a rule, calling upon Mr. Wake, a gentleman residing at Sheffield, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for sending a letter to Mr. Parker, a solicitor, at Sheffield, calculated to provoke that gentleman to commit a breach of the peace. Mr. Justice PATTESON—YOU may take a rule to show cause. Sir W. FOLLETT applied to the Court for a rule calling upon Mr. Mitchell to show cause why a writ of quo warranto should not issue, commanding him to show by what authority he held and exercised the office of one of the alder men of the borough of Kingston. Mr. Justice PATTESON— You may take a rule to show cause. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—J.div. 15. ' WARING V. MORTIMER. Mr. MAul.li moved for a rule nisi for a new trial in this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at tl.e Sitting after the last Term. It was an action brought by the owner of the a small vessel called a trow, to recover damages for an injury done to his vessel by the Nura Creina, a steam-boat, of which the defendant was the owner and mas ter. The grounds on which the Learned Counsel moved for the rule were misdirection by the Learned Judge, and also that the verdict was against evidence. The ConaT reserved their decision as to the misdirection until fuller notes had been obtained. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110U USE. Captain Bush informed the Lord Mayor that he had suc ceeded in raising the greater part of the Apollo steam-vessel, sunk by the collision with the Monarch. The chain which be had succeeded in placing under the sunken vessel cut her in two, and the engine and its apparatus remained below. He had, however, fastened two larga anchors of fourtaen hundred weight each, to tiro engine, and had no doubt that when the weather was so temperate as to permit him to work, lie should haul up the engine : but he ex pected that it must be pulled to pieces. The moment he could set to work again in the River he fully expected to clear away the obstruction altogether, and he should afterwards be glad to undertake to raise the brig which lay in another part of the River, and also formed an impediment to the naviga tion. An order had, he understood, been issued to blow up the brig; but he should like to try to raise her by means cf the lighters, in the efficacy of which he had great reliance. HATTON GARDEN. On Saturday information was received by the Lord Ma;or that a numerous quantity of dead pigs had been brought to this ciuntry from Ireland, which were unfit for human food, aad were deposited in Smithfield, prior to their being cut up for sale. The magistrates of this office also rece'v,d a letter, of which the following is a copy " Gentlemen,--I beg to acquaint you that there are a great many dead pigs sent to a yard, King's, Cow Cross -street, con sidered unfit for human food, and which are likely to be so applied unless prevented by your officers' interference imme diately, and seeing that they are sent to a grease boiler's, the only good they are for no :.—Gentlemen, yours respectfully, ‘ 1 A CiTizEN." The LORD MAYOR instantly caused Mr. one of the City superintendents, to proceed tl make proper inquiries, when he ascertained that a considerable number of dead pigs, which had Leen brought from Ireland during the last week, and had died on their passage, Lai been sold to the best ad vantage, and were disposed of in various directions, and many of them were at the Ram-yard in Smithfield, which he seized, and eventually caused the whole of them to be taken to a grease-boiler's and melted. The Magistrates of this office, on receiving the informa tion, immediately dispatched Duke, the officer, to twice in quiries, when he discovered King's yard, Cow-cross, to be li terally crammed with dead pigs, which had been stuck and cut open, and every preparation was made. to send them cut for sale ; when Ire also seized upon the whole of them, and caused them to be taken to a grease.boller's in Sharpe's alley, where they were melted; Duke yesterday attended before Mr. Bennett and Mr. Rogers, and made a report of what he had done. He stated that on entering the premises where the pigs hal I.),en deposited the stench was dreadful ; upwards of one hundred of them were lying down, cut open, and persons were employed cutting them up, and many of them were ready dressed for rale ; the flesh of the animals was quite green, and. putrid and mcacley. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday George Tappy, ll illiam Smith, and Henry Reid, the two former labourers on the London and Birmingham railroad, and the latter time-keeper on the same line of road, were placed at the bar before Mr. RAwuNsoti and Lord MoNTrorto, charged with an outrageous assault. They were fined 51. each, and in default committed to the House of Cur r,..ction for two months. Q UEEN- S (.2 LIA Patrick Linden, the man who was held to bail a few days since, charged with having paid r. visit at Buckingham Palace to her Majesty, and whom he said he had lif.en sent to es pouse, was yesterday again brought up for examination. The circumstance s . of the case, and the extraordinary de. fence set up by the prisoner, were, fully detailed before., and it nil! be remeinb,!rod that he-tle_:iared he had been sent Ile3ven as a suitor to -her MajeAy. Mr. GhEoomr, the magisli ate before IN horn the prisoner had been brought, held him to bail, in order to afford time for some inquiries into his situation in life, and the better to ascertain the state of mind under which the prisoner was labouring. About three &doe': yesterday the prisoner was .brought up, and Mr. Levis, the surgeon at Tuthill-fields prison, was in attendance. We sul - - join the result of the inquiries. The prisoner, who is about thirty-six years of age, and who appears to have h a d t h e benefit a tolerable education, al though at present exhibiting theniost miserable awaraneo, states that he was bean, or 'first remembers himself at fotr years of age, at Liverfool, but ftem some conversation which he had with a geutletran in whose employ he was, the r e is every reason to believe that he is a native of the count:' of Sligo. He has been working as a labourer at several pla Test in London, and about five months ago entered into the serv.ce of Mr. Urquhart, a cooper, residing at Wapping. Durit tg his stay there he was considered as a mischievous or posed fellow, and was particularly violent on the subject oil' ii religion. He left there about three months spice, and went as a dai;y labourer at the West India Docks, but the employ seas not regular, and varied in its amount according to cireuma stances. He called at M.. Urquhart's three week. ago. and. appeared in the most deplorable state, although he had gent rally been very respectably attired. No information was ob tained of him from that time until his extraordinary visit to Buckingham Palace on Sunday week. The prisoner, in answer to the inquiries made by the worthy Magistrate, gave, in an incoherent manner, that which wo have already detailed; it was in substance the same. Mr. GREGORIE—Who was your father? Defendant (paus ing)__l think he was Irish ; at least my supposed father; But. it's a wise child that knows his own father. My mother itcver told me. Mr. GRECORIE—What induced you to go to Buckingham Palace 7 Defendant— I happened to go there. I went there certainly. A man pushed me, and I pushed him. I think I shall go to work now. I must, because I want a ahirt, that I must work for—and then a hat. Mr. Gamma—Where is your father now? Defendant— Oh, he's right enough ; he's in heaven now. As to my mother, I don't know where she is. Mr. GREGORIF—You have stated to this gentleman (that surgeon of the prison), that some divine knowledge has been imparted to you ? Defendant—Yes, I have some divine knowledge, but I won't reveal it. I have said a great many strange things in my time. Mr. GREGORIE handed the prisoner a letter, which he had just received by the post, from some prisoner in Tothill-fields, and inquired if he wrote it ? Defendant—Oh, it's better writ ing than mine, I think. Let me see if I can read it.—( Read ing with much attention)—" Tremble, gluttons, drunkards in numerable."—( Laughing heartily.) Oh, what nonsense ! he couldn't have bad any proper sense that wrote this—(Read. ing).—" Royal Exchange, banks, proud castles, Charlies, gun powder, doctors, and"—ah, I can't read that word Mr. Gaanon:F—Do you mean to go back to Buckingham Palace ? Defendant—Not to-day. Its hard to say what a man can or may do. Bowers, at the Docks, I should think, would employ me. Mr. GREGORIE said that, as her Majiasty would be in town to-morrow (this day), or was expected, there could be but little doubt that the prisoner would be repeating his visit. The only course that could be adopted, was to indict him for the assault on the constable. Instructions were then given to the constable to indict him. The poor fellow was then remanded. WORSHIP- STREET. George Richards, aged fifteen, was yesterday placed at the bar, before Mr. BROUGOTON, charged with stealing a pound of bread from a little girl of the name of Sarah Haines. Serjeant Walton, H 3, on Saturday afternoon was in Hare street, Bethnal-green, when he heard the cry of " Stop thief." Seeing the prisoner running he laid hold of him, when, on the girl coming up, she stated that he was the boy who had taken from her a pound of bread which she had just received. The boy, on being taken to the station-house, did not deny the theft, but stated that lie had a mother and a younger sister and brother at home who were in want of food, and that he snatched it from the girl for the purpose of taking it home. The serjcant added, that at the station-house several of the men gave him some money. Mr. BROUGHTON enquired where the girl was ? The Ser geant stated that upon the mother of the child hearing of the destitute condition of the boy's family she would not let her daughter come forward. The Sergeant was then directed by Mr. Broughton to pro , coed to the lodging of the boy, and who did so. On his re turn lie stated that the room was a scene of die most abject destitution. The mother was sitting on a tub before a grate, in which was scarcely a gleam of firelight, a patch of stable straw was their only bed, while her poor children were by her side, whose appearances presented every. indication of having suffered sevcroSprivations. The mother stated that her chil dren were fatherless, that from not being able to get work, she was reduced to the utmost extremity, and that she had applied to Almond, the relieving onrsler of the \Vhitechapel Union, to admit her into the workhouse, but which she was refused. Mr. BROUGHTON, after hearing OILS account, ordered the ser geant to take the poor woman 25., awl to go to Almond and inform him that if he did not admit the family into the work house should any seriuus consequences em'ut , , he should be made responsible. _ _ The Sergeant gave the unfortunate woman the rrto'ey, upon receiving which she burst into tears. lie communicated his instructions to Almond, who then complied, and they were ad. mitted into the workhouse. THEATRES. HAYMARKET. Last night this old and favourite place of amusement con eluded a very protracted and profitable season. The per fofmaneeg, which were for the benefit of the lessee, consisted of Knnwle.i's comedy of The Love Chase (84th representation), the last [Lew farce of Confounded Foreigners, and The Omni bus, which were received with their customary favour and suc cess. At the cad of the comedy Mrs. Waylett, with her usual sweetness, warbled " Kate Kearney," which was encored; and Miss Allison, pf the St. James's Theatre, in character, and with touching pathos, recited " The Captive." Mr. Vtiebst.-r presented hialself at the close of the second piece, and delivered a farewell address. ROYAL OLYMPIC. An amusing trifle was produced at this theatre last evening under the title of Shocking Events. Griffinhood (Mr. W. Farrell), a superannuated farrier in the neighbourhood of .DO - is expecting a dumb young man to stay with him for a few days. The young man is the see of an old friend at Dunkirk,: from whom Griffinhood had in former years experienced much kindness and attention, ankbeing• anxious to make the best return in his power fur the fiesturs he has received, though not without a keen perception- of the honour and benefits which will accrue to himself ` , pin the success of his design, he intends to use his best veterinary endeavours to restore the voung man's speech, to e&ct which, he proposes to apply the very natural and simpla method of administering a .vast number of violent shticks, which he has found most successful during his veterinary practice in producing noises in dumb animals: In the mean time Captain Spoff (Mr. J. Bland), the old man's nephew, who is on active duty in the Kent yeomanry, and who •is a vapouring fop betrothed to the old man's daughter Dorothy (Miss Crisp), tumbles from his horse, and !s heartily laughed at by Puggs (Mr. Keeley), a professional bps singer, who happens to be at Dover assisting at the Buffalo flis4-monic So c!ety (which by the bye, i 3 established in direct oppolaion to another musical society, delighting in the euphonious -desioa tiorof the Nendescrip's), and who is the accepted love; of Kitty (Miss Lee), Griffinhoof's servant. Incensed by the laughter, the valiant yeomanry cavalry captain chases the unfortu nate ba(s through. the streets, and obliges him to take refuge in Gritfinhoof's house, the door of which happens to be open. Entering the old man's room, entirely out of breath, he is unable to answer .the inquiries which are mule, and is immediately taken to be ar expected dumb visitor. Fearin , z detection, poor Puggs kedps,:y the deceit, and manfully withstands all the worthy veterinay . surgeon's plans to restore his speech by means of sudden shocks: Most entertainingly does he carry on the deception. when, in answer to the old gentleman's inquiries as to what he recol lects of his younger days, he ilius•rat.s his happy remem brance by making the necessary signs, showing that he has a distir.ct recollection of that important era in every bey's life, being breechrd, and a.'so of his old game of peg-top ; and well does he hold up against all the sudden squalls of the worthy V. S., the tumbles arising from the pullieuaway of a chair in which he is :ibex. to teka his seat, and the - . firing of a pis of close to his cars. All goes on well till .the real dumb lad arrives at the house, who ii,. however, con cealed by Kitty, and till u letter reaches Gritlinhoof, telling h'm that the supposed du.nb person is the wife ci Ills iriond, who has run away from him. Upon the receipt of this letter Griffinhoof's and Captain Spoff's actions be come very annoying to poor Puggs. • lie cannot understand ng mistaken for a woman for whom ardent love is vowed by Captain Spoil, and can only reemicils the strange actions of his Kitt)'s friends on the suppwitionthat they are Inns. In vain he attempts to effect his escape ; Griffinhoof prevents this, and ia about to len! him into a garden to try a last shock by pushing him in:o a fish-pond, when he is preVented by an appeal to the s;allantry of the worthy Captain. During the struggle which takes place, Griffinhoof hits po:r Puggs a violent rap. This too much fur the singer's assumed dumb ness. and in ecstasies is. the operator, when he.htears the retu-n of the ;voice in the ex , LAatnatio.a " You gre,:t fOol." - Puggs effects his escape. but in going thr,ugh the gar den steps into a steel-trap, and discharges a spring-gun, wl.ich was to. have forinel part of Griffinhonf's shoCking experi ments. Returning lamed and really frightened, he is toes mitted by the master to t the the hand of his loved Kitty, who has in his absenee duly explained the blunder which has been committed. The pieeo , was received throughout With loud bursts cf laughter, elicited by Farrell's impersonifleation of the sensitive and delighted experimentilist. VICTORIA. Last night was perOrrned at this theatie, fur the first time, a inclodrame, called 71,e attager's Daughter; or, the Mur der of the Ruin. It is one of that class of pieces - which is rather hotly spiced . with inciOents, and which appears to be more particularly. .acceptable during the season of pantomime, broad jest) and cxuherance of fun require perhava no ordinaJy hat rowing of the feelings,--nA, to say a trflo to e \cess of passiknl—by way of rCicf. Judgi.l , i,f the success of the piece by the zpplause it oldaintd, we should sat t was as snc cossful as such pieces usually pre : and vie wil; not say that occasionally they are somewhat more successful than they - cle. serve to be, because that is a matter which more partieulailv intrrests the audience and the. manager than ourselv t s, the s.:rely are the mo,e proper persons to settle it. There i ; a mor, , elof censure, b.wever, from whieb we cantwt W. , (;;;ant approve of the nnird:r scene, in s far as the full in Int, in a bedutif , il;y serene she, exhit,i“ d th:ough con of the chinks whl i. ling bas made in the caste wo L s w hi te through another is beli:ld the forked lightning, and all tae tern rs of a melodramatic stonw. We are free confess, that, whether it be moon or liglvning, both are legiiitoate and highly effective in 'their way, but then they must not be allowed to get in one another's way. The Earl of Shrewsbury has transmitted his usual domtion for. the I:urpere of purcba,ing coals to be given to the industrious pour of the of Bdopton ; and on Mid - ay, the 22a ult., it v. - a. 3 distributed to upwards of 100